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Title: Visualizing nanoscale 3D compositional fluctuation of lithium in advanced lithium-ion battery cathodes

Abstract

The distribution and concentration of lithium in Li-ion battery cathodes at different stages of cycling is a pivotal factor in determining battery performance. Non-uniform distribution of the transition metal cations has been shown to affect cathode performance; however, the Li is notoriously challenging to characterize with typical high-spatial-resolution imaging techniques. Here, for the first time, laser–assisted atom probe tomography is applied to two advanced Li-ion battery oxide cathode materials—layered Li1.2Ni0.2Mn0.6O2 and spinel LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4—to unambiguously map the three dimensional (3D) distribution of Li at sub-nanometer spatial resolution and correlate it with the distribution of the transition metal cations (M) and the oxygen. The as-fabricated layered Li1.2Ni0.2Mn0.6O2 is shown to have Li-rich Li2MO3 phase regions and Li-depleted Li(Ni0.5Mn0.5)O2 regions while in the cycled layered Li1.2Ni0.2Mn0.6O2 an overall loss of Li and presence of Ni rich regions, Mn rich regions and Li rich regions are shown in addition to providing the first direct evidence for Li loss on cycling of layered LNMO cathodes. The spinel LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode is shown to have a uniform distribution of all cations. These results were additionally validated by correlating with energy dispersive spectroscopy mapping of these nanoparticles in a scanning transmission electron microscope. Thus, we have opened themore » door for probing the nanoscale compositional fluctuations in crucial Li-ion battery cathode materials at an unprecedented spatial resolution of sub-nanometer scale in 3D which can provide critical information for understanding capacity decay mechanisms in these advanced cathode materials.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5]
  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  2. FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR (United States)
  3. Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Doha (Qatar)
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  5. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Doha (Qatar)
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Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1212997
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1224906
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-111262
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723; 48658
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830; AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory; chemical sciences; materials science; nanotechnology

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Devaraj, Arun, Gu, Meng, Colby, Robert J., Yan, Pengfei, Wang, Chong M., Zheng, Jianming, Xiao, Jie, Genc, Arda, Zhang, Jiguang, Belharouak, Ilias, Wang, Dapeng, Amine, Khalil, and Thevuthasan, Suntharampillai. Visualizing nanoscale 3D compositional fluctuation of lithium in advanced lithium-ion battery cathodes. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms9014.
Devaraj, Arun, Gu, Meng, Colby, Robert J., Yan, Pengfei, Wang, Chong M., Zheng, Jianming, Xiao, Jie, Genc, Arda, Zhang, Jiguang, Belharouak, Ilias, Wang, Dapeng, Amine, Khalil, & Thevuthasan, Suntharampillai. Visualizing nanoscale 3D compositional fluctuation of lithium in advanced lithium-ion battery cathodes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9014
Devaraj, Arun, Gu, Meng, Colby, Robert J., Yan, Pengfei, Wang, Chong M., Zheng, Jianming, Xiao, Jie, Genc, Arda, Zhang, Jiguang, Belharouak, Ilias, Wang, Dapeng, Amine, Khalil, and Thevuthasan, Suntharampillai. Fri . "Visualizing nanoscale 3D compositional fluctuation of lithium in advanced lithium-ion battery cathodes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9014. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1212997.
@article{osti_1212997,
title = {Visualizing nanoscale 3D compositional fluctuation of lithium in advanced lithium-ion battery cathodes},
author = {Devaraj, Arun and Gu, Meng and Colby, Robert J. and Yan, Pengfei and Wang, Chong M. and Zheng, Jianming and Xiao, Jie and Genc, Arda and Zhang, Jiguang and Belharouak, Ilias and Wang, Dapeng and Amine, Khalil and Thevuthasan, Suntharampillai},
abstractNote = {The distribution and concentration of lithium in Li-ion battery cathodes at different stages of cycling is a pivotal factor in determining battery performance. Non-uniform distribution of the transition metal cations has been shown to affect cathode performance; however, the Li is notoriously challenging to characterize with typical high-spatial-resolution imaging techniques. Here, for the first time, laser–assisted atom probe tomography is applied to two advanced Li-ion battery oxide cathode materials—layered Li1.2Ni0.2Mn0.6O2 and spinel LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4—to unambiguously map the three dimensional (3D) distribution of Li at sub-nanometer spatial resolution and correlate it with the distribution of the transition metal cations (M) and the oxygen. The as-fabricated layered Li1.2Ni0.2Mn0.6O2 is shown to have Li-rich Li2MO3 phase regions and Li-depleted Li(Ni0.5Mn0.5)O2 regions while in the cycled layered Li1.2Ni0.2Mn0.6O2 an overall loss of Li and presence of Ni rich regions, Mn rich regions and Li rich regions are shown in addition to providing the first direct evidence for Li loss on cycling of layered LNMO cathodes. The spinel LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode is shown to have a uniform distribution of all cations. These results were additionally validated by correlating with energy dispersive spectroscopy mapping of these nanoparticles in a scanning transmission electron microscope. Thus, we have opened the door for probing the nanoscale compositional fluctuations in crucial Li-ion battery cathode materials at an unprecedented spatial resolution of sub-nanometer scale in 3D which can provide critical information for understanding capacity decay mechanisms in these advanced cathode materials.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms9014},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 7,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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